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300 Years of Distance Learning Evolution [INFOGRAPHIC]

LearnDash

If you thought that distance learning was a product of today, then you would be mistaken. In fact, the first distance learning program on record took place in 1728, when a local teacher by the name of Caleb Phillips advertised shorthand correspondence lessons offered by mail! elearning distance learning'

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Demonstrating Your Training Program’s Return on Investment

CrossKnowledge

If you’ve missed the previous article … Technology can make professional learning affordable, easy, and convenient. Many executives assume that e‐learning will result in tangible business gains, such as productivity improvements, more consistent practices, cost reductions, and time savings. Calculating ROI.

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Discussing the ASTD Handbook, eLearning, and Published Expertise with Elaine Biech

Web Courseworks

For example when contemplating the topic of evaluation several influential and respected names immediately come to mind: Kirkpatrick, Phillips, Brinkerhoff, and others. In addition, several topics immediately come to mind: learning analytics, performance, transfer of learning, the four levels, ROI, and others.

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Fascinating eLearning Statistics 2022

Learngenix Blog

Yet the concept of learning remotely or outside of the traditional classroom doesn’t start with eLearning or the dawn of the internet. There was an advertisement by Caleb Phillips in the Boston Gazette for remote instruction of the “new method of shorthand” (it was new then, we suppose).

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Free learning & development webinars for September 2020

Limestone Learning

Adaptable to both formal and informal virtual learning needs, video helps your team increase training quality, engagement, speed and effectiveness — all while significantly lowering program costs. How do we cushion the impact of these types of sudden events in the future? How do we build a resilient training department?